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The Police are on high alert in a number of Region Seven communities where they suspect prison escapee and double murder suspect, Akeem Wong, may be hiding out. Wong was last spotted in the Saxacalli area, where he attacked and chopped a 75-year-old woman and her 49-year-old son to death at their home. The double […]
There continues to be an influx of migrants from Venezuela into Guyana, and the Government is examining additional ways to accommodate them and to address the growing number of migrants here. On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd convened the first meeting for the year of the Multi-agency Coordinating Committee to address the influx […]
The second annual Women in Law Enforcement Summit got underway at the Police Officers’ Mess on Monday under the theme “Inspiring Inclusion, Advancing Women in Law Enforcement”. The forum is examining the role that women play as leaders to maintain safe communities, while shining a spotlight on the challenges faced by women in law enforcement. […]
President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Dr. Mark Lyte, has announced that the Union will be heading back to the High Court in wake of a breakdown of talks with the Education Ministry following the Court appointed mediation process that ended the strike by teachers. The GTU is accusing the Ministry of Education of […]
Hours after talks between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union broke down today after the two sides could not agree on the period of salary increases to be examined, the Education Ministry is sticking to its position that negotiations on salary matters would have to be from this year and onwards. The […]
A special meeting of CARICOM and its international partners along with Haitian stakeholders on the situation in Haiti, ended early this morning in Jamaica with the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister, Dr. Ariel Henry. Henry’s resignation paves the way for the setting up of a transitional Presidential Council that will oversee the affairs of the […]
A security guard was shot dead on Monday afternoon as he tried to fight off three armed bandits during a robbery at a Chinese supermarket in Vreed-en-hoop on the West Coast of Demerara. The security guard’s name has been given as Paul Waterman. He was attached to the Sheriff Security Company. According to a Police […]
The Government of Guyana in partnership with the Canada-CARICOM Expert Deployment Mechanism (CCEDM) today launched a Restorative Justice Practitioners Training Programme in Georgetown, as part of the country’s quest to modernize the justice system, and reduce the number of persons before the Courts. At the opening ceremony this morning, Attorney General, Anil Nandlall explained that […]
With the Leader of The New Movement party, Dr. Asha Kissoon, still not budging from her parliamentary seat to make way for the representative from A New and United Guyana, a new controversy has erupted over who really holds the Representative of the List position for The New Movement. Last week, former TNM member, Gerald […]
A 26-year-old biker, who sped past a line of vehicles and slammed into a crossing trailer, lost his life on Sunday night at Houston on the East Bank of Demerara. The accident occurred at around 9:35pm. Police investigators have identified the dead biker as Domall Trim of Bel Air Village, Georgetown. According to the statement […]
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